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Malphite Wild Rift champion guide

Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
Shard of the Monolith
Official role
TANK
Lane
Baron / Top
Difficulty
Low
Source tier
S

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE Granite Shield

Malphite is shielded by a layer of rock which absorbs damage up to 10% of his maximum Health. If Malphite has not been hit for 8 seconds, this effect recharges.

1 Seismic Shard

Using his primal elemental magic, Malphite sends a shard of the earth through the ground at his foe, dealing damage upon impact and stealing Movement Speed for 3 seconds.

2 Thunderclap

Malphite passively gains armor. When Malphite activates Thunderclap, he attacks with such force that it creates a sonic boom. For the next few seconds, his attacks create aftershocks in front of him.

3 Ground Slam

Malphite slams the ground, sending out a shockwave that deals magic damage based on his Armor as damage and reduces the Attack Speed of enemies for a short duration.

ULTIMATE Unstoppable Force

Malphite ferociously charges to a location, damaging enemies and knocking them into the air.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Zeke's Convergence
  2. Thornmail
  3. Iceborn Gauntlet
  4. Plated Steelcaps

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

  • Enemy crowd controlPerseverance

Matchups

  • 8reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.